Bill Gates on PS3's Motion-Sensing

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Microsoft's main man questions his competitors' kinetic controllers.

By David Adams

With both the Wii and the PlayStation 3 tracking the twitching of gamers' hands, has Microsoft's Xbox 360 missed out on a trend? Regardless of whether players take to the new systems, it doesn't appear that Microsoft is worried, at least judging by the reaction from its number one man.

- Microsoft CEO Bill GatesSpeaking to MTV News, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates offered his own take on the motion-sensing controllers coming with Sony's and Nintendo's new consoles. While fellow Big M higher-up Peter Moore has expressed enthusiasm for the Nintendo Wii and its unique control scheme, Gates was cautious.

"It's tough because sometimes you move the controller, and you don't [mean] to fly into the ground. You just want to put the controller down," he told MTV. "People aren't that good at totally standing still. Even pilots actually sit in a chair when they do their flying. So there's a lot to be learned about these controllers."

With developers wielding more than a year of experience with the Xbox 360, Microsoft plans a formidable lineup of titles to match the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii launches this holiday season -- hoping to keep to the X360 hot, even if its players are sitting still.